Thermo fluid dynamics and chamber aerosol behavior for thin liquid wall under IFE cyclic operation

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Raffray, A René ^a   Abdel Khalik, S I ^b   Haynes, D ^c   Najmabadi, F ^d   Sharpe, J Phillip ^e   Yoda, Minami ^b   Zaghloul, Mofreh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation mechanisms; Inertial fusion energy; Wetted wall

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AEROSOLS; COAGULATION; DECOMPOSITION; EVAPORATION; EXPLOSIONS; FREE ENERGY; FUSION REACTORS; HEATING; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THIN FILMS;

ABLATION MECHANISMS; INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY (IFE); INJECTION CONTROL; WETTED WALLS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 19744366971     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/fst04-a582     Document Type: Article

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